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122.02   DEFINITIONS.
For use in this chapter the following terms are defined:
   1.   “Fundraiser” means a person who solicits funds for any organization or putative organization (unless the organization, for more than one year preceding the commencement of the fundraising activity, has had an established office within the City) and who initiates or attempts to initiate personal contact with another person, without invitation by such other person:
      A.   At or near a residence, including any private driveway and parking area for any such residence; or
      B.   Upon a public right-of-way, a public sidewalk, or any other public property, in an effort or apparent effort to solicit funds for an organization or putative organization.
   2.   “Peddler” means any person carrying goods or merchandise who sells or offers for sale for immediate delivery such goods or merchandise from house to house or upon the public street.
   3.   “Solicitor” means any person who solicits or attempts to solicit from house to house or upon the public street any contribution or donation or any order for goods, services, subscriptions, or merchandise to be delivered at a future date.
   4.   “Transient merchant” means any person who engages in a temporary or itinerant merchandising business and in the course of such business hires, leases, or occupies any building or structure whatsoever, or who operates out of a vehicle that is parked anywhere within the City limits. Temporary association with a local merchant, dealer, trader, or auctioneer, or conduct of such transient business in connection with, as a part of, or in the name of any local merchant, dealer, trader, or auctioneer does not exempt any person from being considered a transient merchant.